Chance me? Would I get into Stanford

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I have written up all the essays and supps to all the schools I want to apply to but can only pick one school for early action and one for early decision so I just want to be sure I’m not wasting it on a college I won’t get into. Any help would be great! :slight_smile:

Academics:

  • I’m 2nd in my class of about 600
  • 4.85 weighted gpa, 4.0 unweighted

Clubs:

  • I’ve been officer in cultural clubs and a writing club in the past four years
  • I established my charity as a school club and have been president/founder for the past 5 years

Comm Service:

  • My organization is county-wide; it involves 20 schools and has helped more than 8,000 students since it’s creation (but the number goes up exponentially every year as we add new methods of collecting and earn grants)
  • We got a grant for our projects last year
  • We’ve showed up in the newspaper many times
  • This is something I want to continue and expand in college, and I’ve talked about that in my essays
  • There’s now an international branch in another country where we’ve done a lot of projects

Sports:
**I talked to one of the ivy coaches- he didn’t say whether I would be recruited (probably not tbh) but to tell him when I turn my app in and he’ll recommend me to the admission committee and tell them I would be an asset to the team

  • I’m admittedly not the best, I know this, but I’ve gone to numerous national level regattas and an international one (I was literally 80th or something at worlds but I have gotten a first place in a category and top 10 overall at a national one)
  • My main point for my sport is that I started when I was 13 -six years after most people- and have gotten this far so far
  • I’ve also been in the newspaper for some of this
  • I’m an instructor and a counselor for younger kids and adult classes and camps. I even attended a 3 day seminar 5 hours away to gett officially certified

Other:

  • My commonapp essay is about teaching abroad in the country I’m originally from in SE Asia and how that has inspired what I want to do in the future
  • I speak another language fluently at home
  • I’m first generation; both my parents didn’t go to college. However, my siblings have gone to and graduated from top ivy universities
  • My ACT score was a 34 but I was pretty low in the math. I got a 720 on SAT math subject test 1 but I’m not sure if I’m submitting that score

My worry is that I’m not ‘academic’ enough- I just honestly was more interested in comm service than participating in scientific research, etcetera, like some other ppl at my school. Or that my profile is just too generic

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You look to be a competitive applicant with academics and ECs that should get you a serious look at any college. The rest will depend on things we can’t see such as your essays, LORs, etc.

Any elite college including Stanford (with an acceptance rate under 5%) must be considered a reach for any unhooked applicant.

Apply and give it your all – but also be sure to take the time to search out a group of match and safety schools that appear affordable (run net price calculators) and that you would be excited to attend.

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This

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Sorry I’ve looked on the internet but I’m still a little confused about what an “unhooked” vs a “hooked” applicant would be- would a sibling legacy count? Thank you!

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Do not submit the SAT II math test with a score of 720 as it will not help.

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Do remember that, sadly, Stanford Men’s Rowing has been discontinued. Even so, you seem like a very competitive applicant.

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A quick google search will tell you that having a sibling at Stanford does not make you legacy for admissions purposes.

At Stanford, “legacy” applicants are defined as the children of Stanford graduates at either the undergraduate or graduate level.
https://provost.stanford.edu/2020/06/26/admissions-considerations/

A hooked applicant is an applicant who fulfills an institutional need of the college that would make the college want to admit that student before other similarly (or even more) qualified applicants. Very few people have hooks. Some common examples of hooks include: recruited athletes, children of huge donors, a person who might bring positive press to the school (ex. Malala). If you had a hook you would know it.

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OP: Is your sport sailing or rowing ?

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Honestly, I have an irrational fear about somebody I know finding me among all the people who use collegeconfidential… does it necessarily matter? Genuinely wondering! Sport fundings for Stanford are nearly niente, I believe, especially for sailing or rowing so I don’t think that I would be recruited or admitted to this university for that at all. However, I was wondering for other ivies.

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In essence, I realize that my sport will have little to no impact on my Stanford application due to the college admission scandal and covid. :slight_smile:

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You have a zero chance